Psalms 143:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me (Psalms 142:3; Psalms 77:3) Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me - (Psalms 142:3; Psalms 77:3.)

My heart within me is desolate. "Within me" - literally, 'in the midst of me;' implying how deeply the feeling had penetrated. "Is desolate," or rather, 'is stupified,' in a similar sense to that of the Hebrew (Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5; Daniel 8:27). So the Chadaic. The Septuagint, Vulgate, Arabic, and Syriac, 'is agitated.'

Psalms 143:4

4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.